Word: sentimentality
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...however there still exist deadly bits of dagger play in domestic politics. By careful reading of the reports, one may reconstruct the Borgian episodes in which votes are used as weapons. The Pennsylvania primary, and the Wadsworth manifesto in New York are examples of the secret power of wet sentiment. For many a candidate, the prohibition issue will be as deadly a potion as ever was wine poisoned by intriguing princes. Thus, a sophisticated danger yet lurks in ballot box politics...
...spoken by a Swede to members of his own race in this country. It stands out likewise as unique. In moments of extreme nationalism, nations have maintained spies in foreign lands to link emigrants to their abandoned fatherland. Seldom do they even now encourage complete expatriation. Ties of sentiment and race forbid. The lands of Europe have long regarded emigration as imperialistic energy gone to waste, and begrudged to the land to which their sons departed the fruits of their toil...
...small number of applications submitted to date possibly indicate doubt among Seniors as to the success of the Spread. That this sentiment is wholly unwarranted is patent from the signal popularity of this institution in former years. The Committee is doing its utmost to secure the success of the Spread and expects Seniors to do likewise...
...scenes (which are not of the gas-light era) the variety of play popular in the transition from the Old Drama to the New, with its soliloquies, asides, mingling of individual and type characters dependent for effect on strong contrast, the brandy bottle, unnatural and strained diction, and false sentiment, de- fects present in diminishing quantity even in Robertson, as anyone who has seen 'Caste" knows. Prof. Watson never sneers at the audiences which found such plays reasonably satisfactory, provided that vivida vis were present; quite surprisingly he holds a brief for popular taste and decides that though "an English...
...eruption in this picture is excellently emotional, if one has after hundreds of movies emotion left for natural disorders. The story is pretty feeble, with Miss Daniels playing the "native" girl and Mr. Cortez the handsome, clear-skinned lover. The volcano bursts all over the middle of the sweet sentiment and ends the picture vigorously enough...